THACKERAY, W.M.; Thackeray Calendar for 1899

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From newsletter 22:

4. BENSON, E.F. Paying guests. A Novel. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1929. Cloth. 288, (16) p. First edition. Some tiny spots. Newspaper clipping with review tipped-in on inside upper cover.

€ 75

* INSCRIBED by the author 'To/ Eugenia de Nottbeck/ with all affectionate greetings/ from/ E.F. Benson/ March 17.29.' Eugenia de Nottbeck, from Geneva, was an elderly American lady (1855-1944) with a share in the Astor estate. She used her wealth generously for the benefit of Magdalen College, where Arthur Benson, a brother of the author, was Master from 1915 until his death in 1925.